CHAMPSOCIIEOMIS. 



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mouth widely separated from vertical of anterior border of eye ; teeth 

 in 2 or 3 series; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Gill-rakers 

 moderately long, 15 to 17 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XVI-XVIII 11-12 ; spines rather feeble, increasing in length to the 

 last, which measures i to ^ length of head ; longest soft rays about 

 Anal III 9-10 ; third spine as long as and stronger 



■g length of head 

 than last dorsal. 



Pectoral | to f length of head. 



Fig. 296. 



Ventral not reaching 



Cliampsocliromis longicejis. 

 L. Nyassa. g. 



vent. Caudal scaly, slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle nearly twice 

 as long as deep. Scales finely denticulate, 38-41 j-j^ ; lateral lines jgr^- 

 Silvery, olive or blackish on the back ; a dark lateral stripe sometimes 

 present ; a blackish opercular spot; fins greyish, uniform, or dorsal and 

 caudal with round blackish spots. 



Total length 330 millim. 



Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire River. 



1-2. Skins, types. L. Nyassa. 

 3-5. Ad. & bgr. „ 



6. Skel. ,v 



7. Ad. 



8. Ad. Upper Shire. 



Sir J. Kirk (C). 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Capt. E. L. lihoades (P.). 

 Dr. Percy Kendall (C.) ; 

 Sir li. H. Johnston (P.). 



3. CHAMPSOCHROMIS ESOX. 

 ParcUilapia esocc, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 240. 



Depth of body 4| to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head 3 times as long as broad ; lower jaw feebly projecting; snout with 



F 2 



